When it comes to women, Hunter Keaton has rules. Those rules ensure his life stays uncomplicated and controlled. Control is what he craves, what he needs to keep his inner demons quiet. Private investigator by day, his life is nothing but a pit of regret, devoid of any and every emotion. Hired to find an elusive runaway—a wild, hot-headed woman with sinfully enticing curves—Hunter’s self-control is pushed to the limit. Scarlet Woods challenges him in ways that have him wanting to break his own damn rules. But she has secrets—secrets he’s determined to uncover. He just didn’t count on getting his own past dragged into what turns out to already be a deadly game of lies. This is not a love story. This is not a tale of how love conquers all. This is a story of how two people equally shattered by their pasts realize that two broken souls can’t make a whole.

Finding out that the man she may have accidentally fallen in love with has an undeniable link to her past has Scarlet Woods convinced that normal no longer exists for someone like her. Hunter Keaton was hired by her enemy to find her, but instead he warmed her bed and thawed her heart, only to discover a secret that has the power to break her for good. Now, surrounded by threats, lies, and soul-shattering revelations, Scarlet tries to survive by doing what she does best—pushing everyone away, including Hunter. Especially Hunter. But he wants to help her, be her knight in shining armor, and prove to her that there might still be hope for them. But she’s lived in this nightmare long enough to know that fairy tale endings don't exist…especially when the big, bad wolf comes knocking, ready to claim his 'Little Red.'